Black College Grads More Likely to Graduate With Debt

Black graduates have lower levels of well-being than other college graduates

Posted: October 1, 2014

Authors: Andrew Dugan, Scott Vanderbilt

Organizations: Gallup

Black college graduates take on significantly more education debt than their White counterparts, says this study by Gallup. The report shows that half of Black students who graduated from 2000 to 2014 graduated with more than $25,000 in debt. By comparison, 34 percent of White graduates reported similar levels of debt.

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